tiris (tiriss-), also tirissë, noun "watch, vigil" (LT1:258, QL:93)
Quenya
cenda
noun. inspection, reading
Element in
- Q. sanwecenda “thought-inspection, thought-reading” ✧ PE17/183
Elements
Word Gloss cen- “to see, behold, look, to see, behold, look, *perceive” -da “product of an action”
cenda-
watch
tiris
watch, vigil
tir-
watch, watch over, guard, heed
tir- vb. "watch, watch over, guard, heed", 1st pers. aorist tirin "I watch", pa.t. tirnë (TIR), imperative tira (VT47:31) or á tirë (PE17:94), future tense tiruva "shall heed" in Markirya (also MC:213, 214); also in CO with pronominal endings: tiruvantes "they will guard it" (tir-uva-nte-s "guard-will-they-it"). The stem also occurs in palantíri (q.v.), Tirion place-name "Great Watchtower", a city of the Elves (SA:tir; in MR:176 the translation is "Watchful City")
cenda- vb. "watch" (not "guard", but observe to gain information), also used = "read". Cenda = also noun "reading", as in sanwecenda "thought-inspection, thought-reading". (VT41:5, PE17:156)